SCARCE CASED REMINGTON-WHITMORE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN.

SCARCE CASED REMINGTON-WHITMORE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. SN 3750. Cal. 10 ga. Scarce shotgun with only a few thousand made in the period 1874-1882. It has 28″ steel bbls with tapered concave smooth rib & sgl bead. Rib is marked “E. REMINGTON & SONS. ILION. N.Y.” It has undecorated receiver, lockplates & hammers with a case colored lifting lever and is mounted with very nicely figured slab sawed American walnut with checkered splinter forearm secured with a sgl wedge and straight hand stock, 13-7/8″ over a smooth steel buttplate. Accompanied by an orig walnut casing with green felt lining, compartmented for shotgun & bbls, with an open compartment containing cleaning tools, a stuck shell extractor, a spring & a couple of screws. PROVENANCE: Richard Oliver Auctions; Jack Appel Collection CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain 65-70% thin orig blue with fine chemical spotting which, in some places, has fine pitting. Receiver retains traces of orig case colors with balance turned silver and mottled dark colors. Lockplates & hammers retain most of their orig case colors, moderately faded. Lifter opening lever retains most of its orig case colors, lightly faded. Wood is sound & crisp with minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bores with scattered light pitting. Case has a grain check in lid, otherwise is sound showing storage nicks & scratches and has had mortised lock & tenon removed. Lining is moderately faded & soiled with some moth damage. 4-59597 JR244 (2,500-4,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3195	$2,012.00	SCARCE CASED REMINGTON-WHITMORE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. SN 3750. Cal. 10 ga. Scarce shotgun with only a few thousand made in the period 1874-1882. It has 28″ steel bbls with tapered concave smooth rib & sgl bead. Rib is marked “E. REMINGTON & SONS. ILION. N.Y.” It has undecorated receiver, lockplates & hammers with a case colored lifting lever and is mounted with very nicely figured slab sawed American walnut with checkered splinter forearm secured with a sgl wedge and straight hand stock, 13-7/8″ over a smooth steel buttplate. Accompanied by an orig walnut casing with green felt lining, compartmented for shotgun & bbls, with an open compartment containing cleaning tools, a stuck shell extractor, a spring & a couple of screws. PROVENANCE: Richard Oliver Auctions; Jack Appel Collection CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain 65-70% thin orig blue with fine chemical spotting which, in some places, has fine pitting. Receiver retains traces of orig case colors with balance turned silver and mottled dark colors. Lockplates & hammers retain most of their orig case colors, moderately faded. Lifter opening lever retains most of its orig case colors, lightly faded. Wood is sound & crisp with minor nicks & scratches and retains about all of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bores with scattered light pitting. Case has a grain check in lid, otherwise is sound showing storage nicks & scratches and has had mortised lock & tenon removed. Lining is moderately faded & soiled with some moth damage. 4-59597 JR244 (2,500-4,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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